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March 23 1926. 1,577,558

C. 0. BROWN ET AL PAPER FILE Filed- Dec. 1 3, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 March 23 1926 c. 0. BROWN :r AL' PAPER FILE Filed Dec. 13) 192: 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 llatented Mar. 23, 1926.

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CYRUS 0. BROWN AND RAY E. MORRISON, G DOUGLAS, WYOMING, AND IRA J'. DIIANDIGO, OF RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

PAPER FILE.

Application filed December 13, 1924. Serial No. 755,748.

. Be it known that we, CYRUS 0. BROWN, RAY E. Moinnson, and IRA J. MANnioo, citi zens of the United States of America, and residents of Douglas, in the county of Converse and State of lVyon'iing, and of Rapid City, in the county of Pennington and State of South Dakota, respectively, as above set forth, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Files, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a paper file and has for an object the provision of a novel backing or jacket adapted to receive papers such as letters or the like, when filed in sequence as to dates, the said papers being arranged in the file so that the papers at the front, when the file or jacket is open, reveal the earliest correspondence, or papers of the earliest date in the file, and the papers at the rear thereof are of successively later dates, and therefore those papers at the rear are more nearly current than those on the face of the file.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a file of the character indicated in which new papers or sheets may be fastened in the file without disturbing those papers already filed, thus making it possible to build a file progressively as to contents and dates in order that the said contents may be presentable in an orderly way and readily accessible without undue manipulation.

It is a still further object of this invention to produce a file or jacket of the character indicated, capable of expansion for increasing its capacity, within predetermined bounds, without making the file cumbersome.

It is a still further object of this invention to produce a file or jacket of the character indicated which can be made by the stamping and folding processes in order that the cost of production will be comparatively small.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, ref-' erence will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of th1s application whereln like characters denote correspond Figure 6 illustrates a perspective view of 1 same partially folded; and

Figure 7 iflustrates a sectional view on the line 77 of Fig. 6;

In the present embodiment of the invention, a backing 10 is employed having a side flap 11 integral therewith and capable of overlying the papers carried by the back ing. lVhen a plurality of backings is to be filed, their margins may be stepped by forming extensions 12 thereon of different lengths, as those skilled in the art will understand. The upper edge of thebacking is preferably provided with an integral paper binder or fastener formed by an approximately rectangular extension 13 which is adapted to be folded over the face of the backing after it has been appropriately pleated by bending it on the scored lines 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18; it beingshown that that portion of the extension between the line 14 and its outer edge has slots or openings 19 to receive the tangs 20 and 21 of a flexible paper fastening 22, the body of said fastening being concealed between the folds of the extension when the outer portion of the extension is caused to overlie the section between the scorings it and 15 The extension is further folded on the lines 16 and 17 to produce a pleat 23 which serves to provide for expansion of the holder in order that its capacity for holding papers may be regulated, within predetermined bounds, and if desired, double pleats might be provided at this junction, but those are details which one skilled in the art will understand.

The extension is doubled on itself on the scored line 18 so that the sets of apertures 24; and 25 will aline and receive the tangs of the paper fastener which will project therethrough and be bent down to retain WWWWWQ.

the papers in the file. The sections of the extension above and below the scoring 18, as shown in Fig. 5, will prove a strong anchorage tor the ends of the paper fastener, and as this part ot the anchorage for the paper fastener is directly connected to the edge of the backing, there is no liability of sagging 0t the paper support.

When the device is to be used for filing papers the first papers filed would be inserted on the ta es of the paper fastener when the file is approximately in the position in which it is illustrated in Fig. 6, the papers being filed with their backs up perrnost in order that when the folds of the extension are replaced illustrated in Fig. 1, the contents of the sheet or paper filed will be exposed to view. When the parts of the device have been restored to the position in which tl ey are illustrated in Fig. l, the tangs will have been bent parallel with the backing and with the points extending either toward the edges-of the backing or inwardly, and the said tangs will be concealed between the inner told of the extension and the backing. The joint between the inner fold oi the extension and the backing will constitute a hinge in order that the paper holding portion of the file may be swung upwardly and outwardly from the position in which it is illustrated in Fig, 1 for exposing the tangs of the fastener so that papers may be attached to the file thereby.

The folded extension which serves to carry the paper fastener and the papers when applied thereto may be termed a head or paper fastening portion of the file. Owing to the fact that the extension is doubled on itself for the inner pleat 26 and that the tangs ol the paper fastener extend through apertures in both of the folds, the anchorage for the paper fastener is strong and durable and will serve to support considerable weight it the material of which the files are made is of proper grade.

By reason ot the construction of the device, it will. be apparent that the papers from day to day and of diti'erent dates may be filed chronologicallly, and that the papers having the earlier dates will be exposed to view of the user of the tile and that those papers of later date will be conveniently held So that access may be had to them in the order stated.

l ve claim:

In a paper file a backing); having an extension tor 'lastening edges of papers, the

ma extension having a portion lolded downwi-irdly on the inner surface Of the backing, the said extension being doubled on itsel'l: to term a pleat, the layers of the said pleat having coinciding apertures for the reception of tastenings, a further portion of the extension being folded inwardly to form an accordion pleat and the said extension at its edge remote from the backing being doubled on itself with the edge folded inwardly, the said inwardly folded portion lying parallel with the surface of the backing, and a fastening having a head port-ion lying between the last-mentioned folds and having tangs extending through the aperture of the inturned edge and the apertures of the first-mentioned pleat.

CYRUS O. BROlVN. RAY E. MORRISON. IRA J. MANDIGO. 

